Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Fond du Lac, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the Northern Casket Company in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, in the National Register of Historic Places. National Register designation
MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 ‘Wisconsin Needs to Do Better’ MADISON, Wis. — April 2, 2019 is National Equal Pay Day, marking the day women would, on average, have to work until in order to equal the wage
Contact: Ken Taylor at ktaylor@kidsforward.net or (608) 284-0580 x 302 A new 10-year Data Snapshot from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Shows Progress in Wisconsin as National Rates also Improve Madison, WI —Wisconsin performed better than the national average and
In late March a group of visiting young Russian journalists who cover the parliament in Moscow visited Washington, D.C., and Madison, meeting a variety of academic, political, and media figures. They were asked to share their impressions.
For the past seven years, our Communication and Civic Renewal research group has been studying contentious politics in Wisconsin. We are particularly interested in how the state’s communication ecology interacts with political, economic and social contexts to affect how people engage in politics.
CONTACT: Lisa Subeck, 608-266-7521(office) MADISON – Today marks Equal Pay Day, the day each year when women’s pay finally catches up to what men were paid during the previous year. Equal Pay Day is determined by examining data collected by
Vote by party lines on governor’s capital budget breaks with bipartisan tradition.
CONTACT: Lisa Subeck, 608-266-7521(office) MADISON – On Monday, State Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) joined a bipartisan group of more than 150 state and local elected officials and municipalities around the country in challenging the addition of a citizenship question to
Seemingly every action in Gov. Tony Evers’ first three months has been marked by incompetence, rank partisanship, childishness, or all three — and he doesn’t seem to be improving.
For Further Information Contact: Speaker Robin Vos (608) 266-3387 Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) would like to announce the 15th Annual State of the Tribes address is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 1 p.m. in the Wisconsin State Assembly. The
Contact: Jerry Deschane, League Executive Director, 608-347-1792 (Cell) The League of Wisconsin Municipalities is grateful to the bipartisan group of Legislators who cosponsored the Dark Store loophole closure legislation. Fifty-five lawmakers, almost evenly-split among the two political parties, have joined
Contact: Logan Vidal logan.vidal@legis.wisconsin.gov (608) 266-8570 Madison – Elected officials across the country have signed onto an amicus brief opposing the Trump Administration’s decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. Signatories of the brief include elected officials of both
MEDIA CONTACT: Elyise Brigman (414) 390-5500 ebrigman@muellercommunications.com New collaborative launched on National Equal Pay Day MILWAUKEE (April 2, 2019) – Today, on National Equal Pay Day, Professional Dimensions, TEMPO Milwaukee and Milwaukee Women inc announced the formation of the new Women’s
Contact: William J. Mathis: (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.net Lorrie Shepard: (303) 492-2711, Lorrie.Shepard@Colorado.edu Key Takeaway: Report highlights the importance of 21st century skills internationally but presumes a domain-general approach to teaching and assessment of those skills. EAST LANSING, MI (April 2, 2019) – A report
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Upcoming WisPolitics.com events in Madison and Milwaukee include: *A Milwaukee University Club luncheon Thursday. The event focuses on new developments regarding the complicated issues affecting Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes. Speakers include PETER ANNIN,
WHAT: Attorney General Josh Kaul will address educators and law enforcement at the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety conference on school threat assessment in River Falls, Wis. Topics at the conference include threat reporting, school-based threat assessments, interviewing
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and a bipartisan group of dairy state Senators are pressing Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to prioritize the implementation of the dairy provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill. Since the beginning of 2017, Wisconsin has
Contact: Kara O’Keeffe kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org 608-261-9596 Fond du Lac, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the Northern Casket Company in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, in the National Register of Historic Places. National Register designation provides access to certain benefits, including qualification for grants and
MEDIA CONTACT Mike Browne, Deputy Director mike@OneWisconsinNow.org (608) 444-3483 ‘Wisconsin Needs to Do Better’ MADISON, Wis. — April 2, 2019 is National Equal Pay Day, marking the day women would, on average, have to work until in order to equal the wage earned by a man in calendar year 2018. In Wisconsin,
Contact: Ken Taylor at ktaylor@kidsforward.net or (608) 284-0580 x 302 A new 10-year Data Snapshot from the Annie E. Casey Foundation Shows Progress in Wisconsin as National Rates also Improve Madison, WI —Wisconsin performed better than the national average and has seen a five point increase in the percentage of
In late March a group of visiting young Russian journalists who cover the parliament in Moscow visited Washington, D.C., and Madison, meeting a variety of academic, political, and media figures. They were asked to share their impressions.
For the past seven years, our Communication and Civic Renewal research group has been studying contentious politics in Wisconsin. We are particularly interested in how the state’s communication ecology interacts with political, economic and social contexts to affect how people engage in politics.
CONTACT: Lisa Subeck, 608-266-7521(office) MADISON – Today marks Equal Pay Day, the day each year when women’s pay finally catches up to what men were paid during the previous year. Equal Pay Day is determined by examining data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. According to the most recent annual
Vote by party lines on governor’s capital budget breaks with bipartisan tradition.
CONTACT: Lisa Subeck, 608-266-7521(office) MADISON – On Monday, State Representative Lisa Subeck (D-Madison) joined a bipartisan group of more than 150 state and local elected officials and municipalities around the country in challenging the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The group filed an amicus brief in support
Seemingly every action in Gov. Tony Evers’ first three months has been marked by incompetence, rank partisanship, childishness, or all three — and he doesn’t seem to be improving.
For Further Information Contact: Speaker Robin Vos (608) 266-3387 Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) would like to announce the 15th Annual State of the Tribes address is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 1 p.m. in the Wisconsin State Assembly. The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc. has notified the speaker’s office
Contact: Jerry Deschane, League Executive Director, 608-347-1792 (Cell) The League of Wisconsin Municipalities is grateful to the bipartisan group of Legislators who cosponsored the Dark Store loophole closure legislation. Fifty-five lawmakers, almost evenly-split among the two political parties, have joined in support of Senate Bill 130/Assembly Bill 146. The League
Contact: Logan Vidal logan.vidal@legis.wisconsin.gov (608) 266-8570 Madison – Elected officials across the country have signed onto an amicus brief opposing the Trump Administration’s decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. Signatories of the brief include elected officials of both parties from Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, New
MEDIA CONTACT: Elyise Brigman (414) 390-5500 ebrigman@muellercommunications.com New collaborative launched on National Equal Pay Day MILWAUKEE (April 2, 2019) – Today, on National Equal Pay Day, Professional Dimensions, TEMPO Milwaukee and Milwaukee Women inc announced the formation of the new Women’s Leadership Collaborative (WLC), a collective of professional women focused on
Contact: William J. Mathis: (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.net Lorrie Shepard: (303) 492-2711, Lorrie.Shepard@Colorado.edu Key Takeaway: Report highlights the importance of 21st century skills internationally but presumes a domain-general approach to teaching and assessment of those skills. EAST LANSING, MI (April 2, 2019) – A report from the Brookings Institution uses international examples to make the
Exclusively for WisPolitics Subscribers **************************************** Upcoming WisPolitics.com events in Madison and Milwaukee include: *A Milwaukee University Club luncheon Thursday. The event focuses on new developments regarding the complicated issues affecting Lake Michigan and the Great Lakes. Speakers include PETER ANNIN, author of “The Great Lakes Water Wars”; MOLLY FLANAGAN, …
WHAT: Attorney General Josh Kaul will address educators and law enforcement at the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of School Safety conference on school threat assessment in River Falls, Wis. Topics at the conference include threat reporting, school-based threat assessments, interviewing children with disabilities, information sharing, and training from the National
Contact: press@baldwin.senate.gov 202-224-6225 WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and a bipartisan group of dairy state Senators are pressing Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to prioritize the implementation of the dairy provisions in the 2018 Farm Bill. Since the beginning of 2017, Wisconsin has lost more than 1,300 dairy farms. As dairy farmers across